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Oct 1, 2011

Project Mwana: Using mobile phones to improve early infant HIV diagnostic services, post-natal follow-up and care

Subjects: eHealth, mHealth, Software, Unicef
Countries: Zambia

In June 2010, the MoH, in partnership with UNICEF, CHAI and ZCHARD, launched the Project Mwana RapidSMS pilot to reduce delays in transmitting results from the HIV test laboratories to the rural health facilities via SMS message. To date, the project has been piloted in 13 predominantly rural districts of Zambia.

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Feb 20, 2012

A systematic review of Demographic and Health Surveys: data availability and utilization for research

Subjects: Policies, USAID, WHO
Countries: Global

The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) project, funded primarily by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with support from other donors and host countries, has conducted over 230 nationally representative and internationally comparable household surveys in more than 80 countries since its inception in 1984. The purpose of this study is to quantify the extent to which DHS data have been used in peer-reviewed research publications and trends in such use over time. Findings from the study will contribute to a better understanding of how DHS data have been transformed into information and made available for policy and programmatic use.

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Oct 25, 2011

Measuring the Performance of Vaccination Programs Using Cross-Sectional Surveys: A Likelihood Framework and Retrospective Analysis

Subjects: Policies
Countries: Global

The performance of routine and supplemental immunization activities is usually measured by the administrative method: dividing the number of doses distributed by the size of the target population. This method leads to coverage estimates that are sometimes impossible (e.g., vaccination of 102% of the target population), and are generally inconsistent with the proportion found to be vaccinated in Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). This report

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Dec 13, 2008

Tracking progress towards universal childhood immunisation and the impact of global initiatives: a systematic analysis of three-dose diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis immunisation coverage

Subjects: GAVI, Unicef, WHO
Countries: Global

Substantial resources have been invested in increasing childhood immunisation coverage through global initiatives such as the Universal Childhood Immunisation (UCI) campaign and the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisations (GAVI). There are longstanding concerns that target-oriented and performance-oriented initiatives such as UCI and GAVI's immunisation services support (ISS) might encourage over-reporting. We estimated the coverage of three doses of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine (DTP3) based on surveys using all available data.

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Oct 24, 2012

Strategic Investment in Country Data Systems to Systematically Prepare Countries to Measure Impact

Subjects: Global Fund, Policies
Countries: Global

This paper introduces a strategic investment plan, based on recommendations from the Technical Evaluation Reference Group, to strengthen country data systems in order to prepare countries to measure impact and to position the Global Fund to better deliver on its goal of investing for impact. The SIIC is requested to review the document and make a funding recommendation to the Board for approval.

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Aug 26, 2009

Assessment of the quality of immunization data produced by the national individual registration system in Uruguay, 2006

Subjects: Immunization Registry, Policies, Practices
Countries: Uruguay

The nominal registration system of Uruguay's national immunization program (NIP) tracks administered vaccines on a paper form filled out after each vaccination and collated into a national database, thus allowing for individual follow-up. This study performed a comprehensive assessment of the quality of Uruguay's immunization data in November 2006 to evaluate the validity of the information and to confirm the high national immunization coverage reported by the program

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Nov 1, 2012

Albania pilots an immunization information system

Subjects: eHealth, Immunization Registry, OPTIMIZE, Policies, SMT (Stock Management Tool), Software, Supply Chain, Tools
Countries: Albania

The Albanian Ministry of Health, in collaboration with project Optimize, developed a registry-based immunization information system (IIS) and piloted it in Shkoder district. This factsheet illustrates how the data the new system produces is used to improve the management of the vaccination program, how it is changing the way people collaborate, how it ensures timely and equal access to immunization for all children, and how it reduces the administrative burden on staff.

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Nov 1, 2012

Methods and issues in household surveys of vaccination coverage

Subjects: Unicef, USAID
Countries: Global

The prevalence of vaccination, or vaccination coverage, is an important indicator of public health and of the effectiveness of a country's public health infrastructure. This report reviews coverage estimation methods, giving most attention to survey-based methods used in low and middle-income countries, which are often held as the

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Jun 13, 2014

Summary of Survey Gap Analysis for DHS & MICS

Subjects: GAVI, Unicef, USAID
Countries: Global

The two most common household surveys conducted in developing countries to obtain nationally representative estimates of immunization coverage are the USAID-financed Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and UNICEF-financed Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS).  These surveys use similar methods and their results in terms of quality and precision are generally comparable.

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